OCTOBER 2019 MACWORLD 115STEP 5: CHECK OUT SOME
VOICE COMMANDS
Finally, you’re ready to control your Apple
TV hands-free. Here are some voice
commands to check out:
“Hey Siri, play Brooklyn Nine-Nine on
Apple TV”
“Hey Siri, watch Red
Oaks on the living room
TV.”
“Hey Siri, watch Game
of Thrones season eight,
episode four on the living
room TV.”
“Hey Siri, rewind one
minute on Apple TV.”
“Hey Siri, fast forward
five minutes on Apple TV.”
“Hey Siri, turn on closed
captions on Apple TV.”
LIMITATIONS AND
WORKAROUNDS
While hands-free Siri controls
are nice to have on Apple TV,
they’re far from perfect. Here
are some of the issues you
might run into:
Most notably, Netflix
does not let you directly
launch a video with voice
commands. To complete the
process, you’ll need to grab
a remote—or open the
virtual Apple TV remote in
Control Center on iOS—and hit Select to
begin playback.
A similar frustration can emerge if the
Apple TV tries steering you into the wrong
app for a given program. After signing up
for HBO through Apple TV Channels (go.